Somalia

Latest Stories

In the year since African Union and Somali troops pushed Islamist militants out of the capital of Mogadishu, Somali children are free to ride their bicycles in the streets of the seaside capital, and people can enjoy the beaches, go out to dinner and dance at weddings. "The city is returning to normal now," said banker Liban Abdi Igal, who was recently living in Maryland. "I have returned here with optimism after seeing progress and revival." (Associated Press)

Sports, art, streetlights: A new life in Mogadishu

By Abdi Guled - Associated Press

Blast kills 2 Somali sports officials

By Abdi Guled - Associated Press

Somali schoolboys take a break from class in Dhobley, a town under the control by Kenyan military and Somali government forces. Many children in Somalia are uneducated and are forced to join armed groups such as al-Shabab. (Associated Press)

Somalia’s children schooled in guns

By Tom Odula - Associated Press

Fatuma Hassan Noor (top, left) and her daughter Amal Ahmed take a break from military training in Ibanda, Uganda. Fellow Somalis are being trained through a European Union program designed to provide a force that will contribute to the stabilization of Somalia. Ms. Noor instructs trainees in combat medical care using a mannequin (above). (Associated Press)

Middle-age Somali woman commands respect of trainees

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2012 file photo, Nasteho Hassan Mohyadin, 3, and her mother Farhid Ali Mohamed sit outside their small makeshift tent in a camp for those displaced by last year's famine or by conflict, in Mogadishu, Somalia. A whistleblowing report by a former Somali government official says that while tens of thousands of its citizens were dying from famine, the U.N.-backed Somali government spent only $1 million on social services despite having $58 million in revenue. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Somali government funds misused

By Katharine Houreld - Associated Press

Kenyan soldiers have turned their image from inexperienced invaders into a pivotal presence in the fight against al-Shabab terrorists in Somalia. The combined forces of Kenyan and African Union troops have taken control of 80 percent of the Gedo region. (Associated Press)

Kenyan airstrikes drive al-Shabab terrorists from Somalia strongholds

By Ioannis Gatsiounis - Special to The Washington Times

British Prime Minister David Cameron listens Thursday as Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia Abdiweli Mohamed Ali speaks at a press conference in London. A one-day conference on Somalia was attended by representatives of 40 governments to discuss terrorism, famine and security issues involving Somalia. (Associated Press)

Nations demand progress in Somalia

By David Stringer - Associated Press

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the London Conference on Somalia at Lancaster House in London on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)

Nations pledge help, demand progress in Somalia

By David Stringer - Associated Press

**FILE** A naval officer works Feb. 20, 2012, at the operation room of the EU NAVFOR, the European Union naval force responsible with anti-piracy patrols, at their headquarters in Northwood, England. The force said pirates who target international shipping from the shores in Somalia hijacked six vessels between May and December 2011, compared to 19 between January and April. (Associated Press)

Leaders meet in U.K. over fragile Somalia’s future

By David Stringer - Associated Press

Briefly: Africa

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

SEALs hope film blitz draws recruits

By KIMBERLY DOZIER - Associated Press

Somalis march through the streets of Mogadishu at a government-organized rally against the militant group al-Shabab on Wednesday. Many of the demonstrators were protesting the recent merger between al Qaeda and al-Shabab. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda embrace of al-Shabab seen as driven by desperation

By Jason Straziuso - Associated Press

Briefly: Africa

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

World Scene

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

50 Cent visits famine victims in Somalia, Kenya

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

After 6 months of famine, Somali men return to farm

By Katharine Houreld and Abdi Guled - Associated Press

Jessica Buchanan

Navy SEAL raid in Somalia shows campaign ahead

By Kimberly Dozier and Robert Burns - Associated Press

President Obama, with first lady Michelle Obama, immediately after his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night at the Capitol, tells John Buchanan that Navy SEALs had rescued his daughter, Jessica Buchanan, and Poul Hagen Thisted of Denmark from a camp in Somalia. Ms. Buchanan, 32, and Mr. Thisted, 60, were working for the Danish Refugee Council when they were taken hostage in October.

SEALs rescue two from Somali pirates

By Abdi Guled and Kimberly Dozier and Katharine Houreld - Associated Press

This undated photo taken at an unknown location and released by the Danish Refugee Council on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, shows American Jessica Buchanan from the Danish Refugee Council's de-mining unit. (AP Photo/Danish Refugee Council)

U.S. military raid in Somalia frees American, Dane

By Abdi Guled and Katharine Houreld and Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

A displaced Somali woman walks past an armored vehicle of an African Union peacekeeping force that was transporting journalists in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Officials: U.S. drone strike kills Somali insurgent

By Abdi Guled and Katharine Houreld - Associated Press